Safety lamp-bracket



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J. FALLOWS. Safety Lamp Bracket.

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N.PETER$, PHOTO LTHO RAPHER ASNINGTON D C UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH FALLOWS, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY LAM P-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,625, dated August 3, 1880.

Application filed Febrgary 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FALLOWS, of Southbridge, county of Worcester, in the State of lvlassachusetts, am the inventor of an Improved Safety Lamp-Bracket,- of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a bracket for lamps; and it consists in a yoke which is secured to the lamp-body, and which has arms that engage upon uprights in the bracket-frame, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a lamp and bracket embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the yoke andits arms.

A is the lamp, and B is the bracket supporting the lamp. The bracket shown is the one usually employed in hanging lamps, in which the lamp is sustained by a cup or ring in I which the lamp-body rests.

(l is my improved yoke, which is made with the central opening or ring, 0, adapted to fit upon and embrace .the neck of the lamp just below the burner, as shown, and it may be conveniently held in place and still be removable at pleasure by means of the thumb-screw c, as shown. The yoke is provided with the laterally-extending arms 0 in the ends of which are vertical openings adapted to pass over and slide upon the uprights or posts 0 which are fixed on the bracket-frame, as shown.

It is evident that by means of the devices shown the lamp is sustained firmly in its seat in the bracket, while at the same time the lamp may at any time be readily lifted from the bracket.

Lamps which are provided with the described device are particularly adapted for use in factories where constant jarring is experienced, as well as in private houses.

It is evident that if the lamp-bodyis broken by a blow the yoke will sustain the burner and chimney on the bracket, and thus prevent the flame from falling into the scattered oil and causing a fire.

The device may be applied to side-wall brackets as well as to hanging brackets.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The lamp A, seated in a ring or cup in the bracket, in combination with the yoke G, having the ring 0, inclosing the lamp-neck immediately below the burner, and. the arms 0 playing upon the uprights c", fixed on the rim of said cup in the bracket-frame, as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH FALLOWS.

Witnesses J. M. OooHRAN, EDGAR M. PHILLIPS. 

